Houston and LA Mayors Make Meaty Wager for World Series

If LA's mayor is looking for Korean barbecue in H-Town, here's where to find it.

Things continue to heat up on social media between Los Angeles and Houston as we head into game three tonight of the World Series, back here on our home turf at Minute Maid Park. Yesterday, Houston mayor Sylvester Turner announced on his Twitter feed (where all these friendly rivalries seem to be taking place) a wager between his office and L.A.’s mayor, Eric Garcetti's office involving another Houston tradition, barbecue.

So here’s the bet: If the Dodgers win, Turner will send Garcetti a “care package” of famed Killen’s Barbecue ribs and craft beer from Houston’s first microbrewery, Saint Arnold Brewing Company. In turn, Garcetti volleyed back that he would send Turner his own care package of a “uniquely L.A. meal” comprising Korean BBQ and some California beer, if the Astros win.

Turner further noted during a recent press conference, "Of course we offered him Killen's Barbecue and Saint Arnold's beer from here, and Killen's Barbecue is delicious, but I don't intend for him to taste it. He's gonna have to come to Houston to enjoy Killen's."